ACCORDING to the Department of Agriculture in Yangon Region, rice export zones are being implemented for summer paddy cultivation intended for export.
The rice export zone project is being carried out through cooperation among the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, the Myanmar Rice Federation, exporters, and farmers, to double exports.
The rice export zone project covers 37 villages in eight townships of five districts, Yangon Region, with more than 700 farmers cultivating summer paddy on 118 acres. The Department of Agriculture has provided organic fertilizer to paddy farmers cultivating in the rice export zones, while the Myanmar Rice Federation has donated drum seeders.
The Myanmar Rice Federation will purchase the summer paddy produced from the rice export zones at the prevailing market price and export the rice to foreign countries with which export agreements have already been signed. — ASH/MKKS
